Fairfield County Fair

Although we've been planning on attending the Fairfield County Fair (as we do each year) since last year's was over, this year was a toss-up! For one, the weather took a severe turn for the COLDer, and the forecast for the day we choose (which was largely to take advantage of Kalvin, Jackson, and Garhett having the day off of school) was supposed to be 43 and rainy. Blech.

The 2nd most pressing issue, was that miss Amara, somehow woke up with ANOTHER cold! She JUST got over the one that she woke up with, the day of Matt & Steph's wedding, and now again? As sneezy as she was, she seemed in great spirits, and loves her cousins SO much, that we decided to roll with it.

Well, we watched the weather channel, and make the call at about 11 a.m. to head on down. We all piled into 2 cars at Grandmas's house, and away we went. We parked at our usual spot, and headed towards the gate. About a block away, Amara was already pointing and yelling at the tilt-a whirl, sea-dragon, and Himmelea (sp?) she could see. As we got inside, she was taking it all in (pointing and yelling at the rides mostly), and the nephews were scouting their snacks and games.

Of course, we made a B-Line for Dad's favorite, Jimmy's Jawbreaksers (hamburgers). I'm not sure how Amara rangled a bite from dad, but she did, and she loved it!

Always a fan of tractors, all the cousins climbed up on different tractors, front-loaders, mowers, etc. and continued scouting.

As we headed up game row, Kalvin, Jackson, Grandma and Amara headed for the carmel/ candy apples, and they all took turns at games. All the boys (and even dad and Grandma) won stuffed animals, cane's, even basketballs (and I think Jackson won a goldfish, but Eric conveniently "forgot" to pick that up before they left) for Amara, and she was VERY happy and excited for her new friends.

I took her and headed home--after the long day and car-ride down there, she was only good for an hour or so, before I knew we needed to get going. We grabbed a cheeseburger from McD's, a favorite, and headed up 33. Dad, Grandma, and the cousins stayed behind, for a little while longer--but we all met back up at the house in time to compare our winnings and share stories.

Can't wait till next year--hope it's a warm, dry one!